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dröja

hesitate, take (a long) time

Meaning

hesitate; take (a long) time

In Swedish: avvakta, vänta

Conjugation

Conjugation of dröja (hesitate)
Infinitive	att dröja	to hesitate
Present	dröjer	jag dröjer
Past	dröjde	jag dröjde
Supine	dröjt	used after har / hade
Perfect	har dröjt	jag har dröjt
Past perfect	hade dröjt	jag hade dröjt
Future	ska dröja	or: kommer att dröja
Conditional	skulle dröja	jag skulle dröja
Imperative	dröj!	a command
Present participle	dröjande	-ing, used as an adjective

Passive (-s form)

Passive of dröja
Infinitive	dröjas
Present	dröjs
Past	dröjdes
Supine	dröjts

Group 2: -er verbs. Present -er, past -de or -te (after a voiceless consonant), supine -t. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use dröjer. See the four verb groups explained.

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dröja in a sentence

Var god och dröj ett ögonblick!
Please wait a moment!
han dröjde med svaret
he took some time in answering
svaret dröjde
the answer was a long time in coming
det dröjde många år innan jag återsåg henne
many years passed before I saw her again
Var god dröj
Please hold
Det kommer dröja innan det sker
It's going to be a while before it happens
Det dröjer ännu fyrtio dagar, så skall Nineve bliva omstörtat.
Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown (Jonah 3:4)

Questions

What does dröja mean in English?

dröja means “hesitate, take (a long) time”.

What is the past tense of dröja?

The past tense of dröja is dröjde (“jag dröjde”). The supine is dröjt, used in “jag har dröjt”.

What is the present tense of dröja?

dröjer, the same for every person: jag dröjer, du dröjer, vi dröjer.

Similar words

förhala

Origin

From Old Swedish drøghia, drøgha (Causative of dragha).

Nearby common words

dröja is number 1,828 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

1,824vagn vehicle
1,825gris pig
1,826rörelse motion, movement, gesture
1,827efteråt afterwards
1,829öppet open, openly
1,830författare writer, author
1,831delta participate, be present
1,832behov need, necessity

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Recording: Wikimedia Commons. Browse the dictionary